Janet Walker CM is a Distinguished Research Professor and past Associate Dean. She currently teaches private international law and international commercial arbitration in the JD Program and is Director of the Osgoode Professional Construction Law Program in which she teaches Construction Dispute Resolution.
Professor Walker is the author of Canadian Conflict of Laws, the most judicially cited private law work in Canada and many other publications in the field of domestic and international dispute resolution. She regularly presents on these subjects at academic and professional conferences around the world and serves as arbitrator in international commercial disputes.
Research Interests: International Litigation and Arbitration, Comparative Procedure, Advocacy.
Graduate Research Supervision (LLM, PhD): Professor Walker is interested in supervising projects in the areas of international commercial arbitration, private international law, and comparative procedure.
Professor Walker is willing to read preliminary proposals from strong students in the areas of interest listed, and comment on interest in supervision prior to submission of an official application.